Marcello Reboani was born in 1957 in Rome, where he lives and works.
He followed his mentor, Toti Scialoja, at the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he graduated in set design in 1979. Reboani started exhibiting large oil paintings depicting nudes fluctuating in rarefied atmospheres. He established a relationship with matter immediately and soon stepped on the stages with his backdrops for the Concerto del Primo Maggio, directed by Cesare Pierleoni. At the beginning of the 90s, he toured the world on a sailboat and returned renovated. In 1995, Reboani painted his Planisferi -aluminum, chalk and mixed media, depicting the planet Earth. In 1997 he met Melissa Proietti, fashion expert and curator of art events, and established with her a creative path which led to collaborations and exhibits in non-conventional settings. Reboani’s paintings have been acquired by major private national and international collections.
When the Artist started exhibiting in ‘traditional’ galleries, he was successfully included among the artists of the Electronic Art Café (E.A.C.), appreciated also by Achille B. Oliva. In 2004, in the celebrated Sprovieri hall, in ‘Dal Bolognese’ restaurant., Reboani exhibited No Ordinary People, portraits depicting the most charismatic individuals of the past century. In 2007, he began a new artistic adventure, next to Melissa Proietti, launching his first Must Have – It’s a consumer jungle out there, on show at Tad’s Concept Stores in Rome and Milan. In 2010, the exhibit was showcased in Rome’s La Nuvola in via Margutta and, later, in 2012 in Cortina d’Ampezzo at the Museo Civico, with the sponsorship of the municipal administration and the Consorzio del Turismo. Reboani collaborated with the Fondazione CittàItalia participating in the three editions of the auction L’arte di amare l’arte (2008, 2009, 2010), in collectives and fundraising events. In 2011, he exhibited at Rome’s Macro within the C’era una volta show, sponsored by the municipal administration of Rome. In 2009, Reboani was appointed by RDS (Radio Dimensione Suono) as the artist symbol of the green philosophy of the network, because of Reboani’s usage of totally recycled material for his assemblage, which is a sign of his social commitment. The Artist created, for RDS, 20 portraits of international rock-star celebrities which are showcased in Rome’s offices.
In 2012, Reboani exhibited in Miami at the Galleria Cà D’Oro in Coral Gables within the Marilyn Monroe, Tribute to a Female Icon collective, which was earlier launched in the historic venue of Palazzo Vedekind, in Rome. In Spring 2013, Reboani participated in the collective show Omaggio a Verdi at Rome’s Auditorium Conciliazione. That same year he began his collaboration with the RFK Center Europe for the project Ladies for Human Rights. In June 2013, the Artist participated in the collective PopNewPop at MACRO Testaccio in Roma, curated by Melissa Proietti, signing a limited edition of the Red Ribbon symbol of Anlaids.
In April 2014 Reboani was invited, together with Melissa Proietti, to lecture within the Corporate Art program of the Master Course of Art promoted by the Luiss Business School of Rome. In May he exhibited at the Salon d’Art Contemporaine de Garches in Paris.
In June 2014, he participated in the second edition of the Triennial of Visual Arts of Rome and in October of the same year at the collective in Milan’s Palazzo Reale I Have a Dream, curated by Melissa Proietti and Raffaella A. Caruso. In November 2014 he returned to the E.A.C. for the collective named Pop Up Revolution, curated by Umberto Scrocca and Achille B. Oliva.